WE CAN HAVE TIRES
Babson Says Tire
Policy Wrong
By ROGER W. BABSON
En Route to Washington, Feb.
20.? During the past' two weeks,
I have been ma
king a careful
study of the tire
situation. I am
convinced of two
things: ? (1)
The American
people can have
tires if willing
to go without
certain other
cotton and rub
b e r products.
(2) The Ameri
can people are
BAUSON
willing to go without almost any
thing if they can avoid putting 1
up their cars.
TRANSPORTATION IS
FUNDAMENTAL
When Washington ? on the ,
spur of the moment ? says we
can't have any more tires for the
duration, It Is playing with a buzz
-nrw ? TranmJOrtSTHuii In fimtfa?
mental. It always has existed!
and is more needed today than
ever. Of course, much of it is1
unnecessary. We all can, and will,
cut our mileage 30% to 40% or
more. But we all want a car
with tires, ?j capable of running
if we need i{. Furthermore, my
guess is that ? until Washington
gives us time to build buggies and
raise horses agaiu ? we are go
ing to get tires.
Tires are made mainly of cot
ton with some rubber and a very
little wire. Of cotton, we have
a great surplus. By switching
spindles from something else we
are willing to give up. the fabric
could easily be made. There is
an enormous amount of wild rub
ber at the upper waters of the
Amazon. It will be expensive to
gather this; but 1t can be gather
ed and floated down on rafts to,
Para.
WHERE WE CAN GET
RUBBER
This rubber can then be
brought' in sailing vessels and old
steamers to Tampa. Mobile, New
Orleans, and Texas, ports where
the cotton is. Furthermore,
these ports are near the naval
stores and asphalt supplies which
could be mixed with the pure
rubber. Moreover, the South has
a surplus of unemployed people
who could make tires under prop
er supervision. In addition to the
above, we have a great undevel
oped field of "camelback" re
treading and capping rubber.
The above facts show that
everything Is available to make
tires except the will on the part
of our Washington dictators to let
us buy them. Moreover, l4ie
methods which I visualize will not
in any way interfere with the
waging of the war. We will get
poorer tires and will need to pay
more money for them; but these
"ersatz" tires will enable us to al
ways have a car available to use
when necessary. This is a reas
onable request.
" IS WASHINGTON USING
SENSE?
The American and Canadian
people are willing to cut their1
driving 50%; they are willing to
go without other cotton and rub
ber products in order to have tlr-i
es. It especially "gets the goat"|
of American taxpayers to be told
they can have no rubber and,
when going to Washington, see
these same dictators getting all
the tires they want. The whole
affair does not make Sense. The
present program Is very unfair to
all concerned.
WAR NEEDS SHOULD
COME FIRST
This program does not in any
way handicap our boys at the
front or retard the making of
airplanes, tanks, or any other nec
essary war supplies. We are will
ing to mak? all the sacrifices nec
essary; but we do claim that
transportation Is entirely differ
ent from many other things for
which we spend money. In other
words, while our Washington dic
tators are free t? reserve the nec
essary cotton, rubber, asphalt,
wire, and everything else needed
to win the warK they should be
willing to let u? people decide
what we make with the balance.
We, and not the Washington dic
tators, should dechte this latter
question.
I have seen the American peo
ple in many panics. My first one
was in 1893 when Washington
thought we would all starve to
death because we couldn't get
gold even though the West was
burning corn. The next was in
1907 when Washington tihought
we would be unable to ride on
trains because of the railroad row
between Hill and Harrlman.
PANICS START IN
WASHINGTON
Then I remember the panic of
1114 when Washington promised
to keep ?u out of war If we would
only make certain sacrifices. But
once again we were fooled. Then
came the panic of 1929 when we
were unnecessarily scared into
throwing ten million innocent
people out of work Just because
paper stock prices went off 50%
or more. Now Washington is
starting a panic on rubber and
certain other things. Washington
may be right this time, but I am
determined not to jget scared to
death just' beaause some young
fellows down in Washington cry
"Wolf, Wolf."
Let us remember "Pearl Har
bor" and realize we must make
sacrifices. Let us, however, re
member the "Gold Scare" _of
1893; the "Railroad Scare" of
1907; the "War Scares" of 1914
1918; and the "Wall Street
Scare" of 1929. In each of these
cases, if we had just< used com
mon sense and had gone about
Dur business we would be infinite
ly better off today. Let us intelli
gently . "stretch our rubber" to
serve fairly all needs.
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Needed Now
? Atlantar Oa- ? Feb. 10.
HiMer's blitzkrieg methods have
proved that a war is won in di
rect ratio to the speed of an Ar
my's wheels, the unwanted or
phan of our Army after the last
war has grown to- ite rightful
place in the sun.
The Motor Transport Corps, as
It was called in the days of World
War I, was handed over to the
Quartermaster Corps at the cessa
tion of hostilities as a salvage
and storage problem, for with
our standing Army reduced to a
little over 100,000 men, perma
nently established in comfortable
posts throughout t'he nation, the
problem of front line service of
supply ceased, and the trucks
were mainly used for utility pur
poses at the Army camps.
But came a new era ? a new
war? a different sort of war.
Gone were the days of establish-,
ed front lines, gone were the per
manent battlefields where enemy
met enemy ? the lightning thrust
of the old time Cavalry had re
turned. but in a new -and more
deadly form. Tanks and armored
cars spouted flame and steel mov
ed at tremendous rates of speed.
The problem of supply took on a
new aspect. Troops must be
supplied fast, for tomorrow they
might be a hundred miles further
away from railheads.
Quartermaster experts' pleas
for faster and better mobile
equipment before the present
conflict have been answered be
cause it is now apparent that) we
are to play a major part in the
present war.
Today the Quartermaster Corps
has a great deal of mobile equip
ment ready to roll, not only sup
ply trucks, but mobile laundries,
mobile kitchens, mobile automo
tive repair shops and the like.
And so. though becoming a part
of the Quartermaster Corps in a
more less accidental manner, Mo
tor Transport is definitely where
It belongs ? swiftly moving sup
plies and men from base? to Jhe
ever-changing front lines of mod
ern warfare.
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A woman's fondest wish is to
be weighed and found wanting.
JoRtlirv* tfT
Misery WM
^^^uowxiAaB*. Mivi. nos mom
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Louisburg Man
Knew MacArthur
Attended West Point With Hero
Of Philippine Islands
When M. S. Davis, architect
arid engineer of Louisburg, drop
ped in at t-he office of L. S. In
scoe, the conversation soon cen
tered around the Paciflc war area.
Lieutenant Garland M. Inscoe of
the Navy, now stationed on Mid
way Island, was a former em
ployee of Mr. Davis, and General
Douglas MacArthur, the hero of
t'he Philippines, was a classmate
of Mr.' Davis at Highland Falls,
New York, and also a classmate
at the United States Military
Academy at West Point, class of
1903.
Mr. Davis recalled a number of
interesting facts about MacAr
thur. "X always thought of him
as a born soldier," said Mr. Dav
is. "His father, General Arthur
MacArthur, was a noted Indian
flghtei* of the West. The son,
Douglas, recalled that' at about
the age of four the post and house
in which he and his mother lived
distinctly recalled the whiz of In
dian arrows." V
Mr. Davis also knew General
MacArthur's mother, who lived at'
Highland Falls during the time
that her son was in prep school
there. ? Nashville Graphic.
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Interest in poultry production
has hit a high peak among farm
families of Cleveland County, re
ports L. E. Thornton, assistant
farm agent of the N. C. State Col
lege Extension Service.
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With tire rationing, the old
gray mare is likely to be what
she used to be. .
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Lots of people are afraid to go
to the dent'ist because they have(
the nerve.
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FOR SHERIFF
FRED C. RICHARDSON
! 1 hereby offer myself n candi
date fop the office of Sheriff of
Krunklln County subject to the
Democratic primal-), Way SOth,
IV42. If nominated anil elected
I promise to nerve as your law
enforcement officer in a* honor
able manner as is humanly possi
ble, to the best of my ability.
To those who may not know
me personally I Invite you to in
vestigate through my neighbors
' with whom I have lived my life.
, I will apprecite your support and
| vote.
Yours for law enforcement,
FRED 0. RICHARDSON.
! 2-20-tf
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i OUR DEMOCRACY byM.t
REALISM./
SELF- . Si
sacrifice;
COURAGE..
ACTION. 4
BEHAVIOR
PATTERN OF
GEORGE ^
I WASHINGTON
m BLUE PRINT
I FOR ALL
I AMERICANS
f TODAY, ~
Jones County 4-H Club mem
bers are collecting scrap Iron and
paper, the proceeds from which
they plan to buy defense stamps,
reports Assistant Farm Agent
Jack Kelley.
A summary of 1941 poultry re
cords for Mitchell County shows
that Mrs. C. S. Dale, of Spruce
Pine, Route 1, had the highest
return per bird after feed costs
had been paid, $3.26.
WHAT WE OWE TO
GEORGE WASHINGTON
? We owe it to GEORGE WASHINGTON
ami his men that this is a free land. For eight
year*- tli ay fought against heavy o?lds and not *
even Valley Forge eould make them quit.
In the year 2042, and beyond, Americans
are going to say that we saved for them the
priceless gift that we got straight from
GEORGE WASHINGTON. That is as it
should be .
NO BUSINESS WILL BE TRANS
ACTED BY THIS BANK ON
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY,
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which will be oberved as a Legal Holiday on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 1942.
Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
HENDERSON, N. C.
BANKING ? INSURANCE ? TRUSTS
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Our Buyer Mr. A. Tonkd
Is In The Northen Markets
PURCHASING THE NEWEST SPRING
STYLES AND FABRICS IN LADIES'
READY-TO-WEAR
Come in for a complete selection for your Spring Outfit.
TONKEL'S DEPT. STORE
Moderate but definite improve
ments were apparent in the food
situation of the United King
dom from the spring *of 1941 to
the outbreak of war in the Pa
cific.
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Tin used for packaging bakins
powder, beer, biscuite, cereals
and flour, candy, chocolate and!
cocoa, coffee, dog food, petroleum
products, and t(H)acco has been
drastically curtailed.
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The man who does not show
up at his office until noon is eith
er a Plutocrat or never will be
MAKE MONEY
IT REAPING THE APS
NORTH CAROLINA FACTS !
ALL THE CIGARETTE PAPER MADE IN THE
AMERICAS IS PRODUCED NEAR BREVARD. N.C.
WITHIN 125 YARDS OF ABANDONED CAPE HATTERAS LIGHT
HOUSE, N.C, LIE 15 OR MORE SHIP SKELETONS. HATTERAS
WATERS ARE CALLED 'THE 6R AVE YARD OF THE ATLANTIC"
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IN 1041, NORTH CAROLINA'S
BEER INDUSTRY PA?D
$2,111,000 IN TAXES
TO THE STATE ?
This Committee was formed in 1939 to help preserve the great
benefits to North Carolina from the sale of legal beer Our "Clean
up or Closc-up" program is dedicated to weeding out those very
few beer retailers who imagine they may disregard the law. The
great majority of North Caro!ina*s beer retailers are responsible,
valuable citizens, whose places are a credit to their communities.
You can help your state and this program. Buy your beer, if you
drink it, only in wholesome, law*abidin? places.
BREWERS AND NORTH CAROLINA
BEER DISTRIBUTORS COMMITTEE
. Edgar H Bain, State Director, Suite 813-817 Commerciol Bldg Raleigh
PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE BREWING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
FARMING
EXTRA
PRICES
TOOLS!
BRIDLES
iftcup
SHOVELS
95c
TRACE
CHAINS
95c
Plows and Casting - All Kinds
CARPENTERS
TOOLS
HAMMERS $1 .25
Good Quality 1
LOW PRICE $1.25
HAND SAWS..1
HENRY DISSTON SAWS.... $3.50
CROSS OUT SAWS $4.25
COLE PLANTERS & DISTRIBUTORS
PAINTS - OIL - Etc.
READY - MIXED PAINT $1.50 Gal up
BLACK ROOF PAINT 50c Gal.
j FURNITURE and STOVES
COOKING RANGES $24.95 up
3 PC. BED ROOM SUITES $44.95 up
9 x 12 LINOLIEUM RUGS $3.69 up
3 PC. LIVING ROOM SUITES . . $35.00 up
- BUY DEFENSE BONDS -
H. C. TAYLOR
Hardware & Furniture
Phone 423-1
Loolsborg, N. 0.